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Report Summary

  • 56

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    72% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

chimneydirect.com

chimney caps, chimney brushes, chimney pipe, chimney supplies

Page Load Speed

1.6 sec in total

First Response

75 ms

Resources Loaded

708 ms

Page Rendered

847 ms

chimneydirect.com screenshot

About Website

Visit chimneydirect.com now to see the best up-to-date Chimney Direct content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about chimneydirect.com

At Chimney Direct you will find all the chimney supplies you need, from chimney caps and dampers to chimney brushes and cleaning supplies. We also carry a full line of chimney maintenance and repair p...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Chimneydirect.com page load time and found that the first response time was 75 ms and then it took 1.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

chimneydirect.com performance score

56

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

58/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.4 s

89/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value160 ms

94/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.21

59/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.6 s

37/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

chimneydirect.com

75 ms

www.chimneydirect.com

177 ms

menuf73ca0c36a.css

28 ms

font-awesome.min4083f5d376.css

52 ms

slick13b1b6672b.css

67 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (62 requests) were addressed to the original Chimneydirect.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (357 ms) belongs to the original domain Chimneydirect.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 83.5 kB (6%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Chimneydirect.com main page is 1.4 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 35.6 kB

  • Original 44.5 kB
  • After minification 44.2 kB
  • After compression 8.8 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 35.6 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 7.2 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.1 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Chimney Direct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 24.1 kB

  • Original 151.1 kB
  • After minification 151.1 kB
  • After compression 126.9 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 24.1 kB or 16% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-26%

Potential reduce by 16.6 kB

  • Original 64.0 kB
  • After minification 64.0 kB
  • After compression 47.4 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Chimneydirect.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 16.6 kB or 26% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (23%)

Requests Now

64

After Optimization

49

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 64 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Chimney Direct. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

chimneydirect.com

chimneydirect.com

75 ms

www.chimneydirect.com

www.chimneydirect.com

177 ms

menuf73ca0c36a.css

menuf73ca0c36a.css

28 ms

font-awesome.min4083f5d376.css

font-awesome.min4083f5d376.css

52 ms

slick13b1b6672b.css

slick13b1b6672b.css

67 ms

slick-themef9faba678c.css

slick-themef9faba678c.css

73 ms

mc342afffaad.css

mc342afffaad.css

76 ms

css

css

48 ms

custom.css

custom.css

92 ms

chimney-direct-logo.png

chimney-direct-logo.png

77 ms

shipping-box.png

shipping-box.png

78 ms

jquery-2.2.4.min2f6b11a7e9.js

jquery-2.2.4.min2f6b11a7e9.js

147 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

30 ms

what-input643333919a.js

what-input643333919a.js

143 ms

foundation.minf13ed469cc.js

foundation.minf13ed469cc.js

192 ms

slick.minb53bdfc29e.js

slick.minb53bdfc29e.js

144 ms

wow.min.js

wow.min.js

39 ms

app9698f2a41d.js

app9698f2a41d.js

144 ms

mc0065809af2.js

mc0065809af2.js

190 ms

custom.js

custom.js

191 ms

chimneycleaning.jpg

chimneycleaning.jpg

297 ms

chimneycaps.jpg

chimneycaps.jpg

297 ms

topsealingdampers.jpg

topsealingdampers.jpg

298 ms

vacustackchimneycaps.jpg

vacustackchimneycaps.jpg

299 ms

jackarnoldchimneypots.jpg

jackarnoldchimneypots.jpg

299 ms

bb100.png

bb100.png

300 ms

Exhaustochimneyfan.jpg

Exhaustochimneyfan.jpg

300 ms

creosotea.jpg

creosotea.jpg

302 ms

chimneymaintenance.jpg

chimneymaintenance.jpg

300 ms

LRH.jpg

LRH.jpg

352 ms

viper.jpg

viper.jpg

354 ms

avcds.jpg

avcds.jpg

354 ms

ashholdersandvacs.jpg

ashholdersandvacs.jpg

355 ms

fireplacegrates00.jpg

fireplacegrates00.jpg

355 ms

arug.jpg

arug.jpg

355 ms

fireplacescreens.jpg

fireplacescreens.jpg

356 ms

fireplacetools00.jpg

fireplacetools00.jpg

355 ms

fatwood00.jpg

fatwood00.jpg

356 ms

firebacks.jpg

firebacks.jpg

356 ms

fireplaceandirons.jpg

fireplaceandirons.jpg

356 ms

fireplacebellows.jpg

fireplacebellows.jpg

357 ms

fireplacecanderlabra.jpg

fireplacecanderlabra.jpg

336 ms

firewoodracks.jpg

firewoodracks.jpg

313 ms

loghoops.jpg

loghoops.jpg

300 ms

firewoodcarts.jpg

firewoodcarts.jpg

295 ms

hearthfirewoodracks00.jpg

hearthfirewoodracks00.jpg

291 ms

largehearthracks.jpg

largehearthracks.jpg

291 ms

firewoodholderwithcarrier.jpg

firewoodholderwithcarrier.jpg

289 ms

firewoodholderwithtools.jpg

firewoodholderwithtools.jpg

221 ms

logcarriers00.jpg

logcarriers00.jpg

221 ms

smokeguards.jpg

smokeguards.jpg

221 ms

5MM-A-12B-xlg.jpg

5MM-A-12B-xlg.jpg

193 ms

kettles.gif

kettles.gif

174 ms

steamers.jpg

steamers.jpg

175 ms

fireplacecrane.jpg

fireplacecrane.jpg

70 ms

hearthsafetygate00.jpg

hearthsafetygate00.jpg

69 ms

stoveboards.jpg

stoveboards.jpg

70 ms

hero_web2.jpg

hero_web2.jpg

106 ms

chimney_bg.jpg

chimney_bg.jpg

77 ms

fireplace_bg.jpg

fireplace_bg.jpg

106 ms

firewood_bg.jpg

firewood_bg.jpg

103 ms

hearth_stove_bg.jpg

hearth_stove_bg.jpg

104 ms

contact_bg2.jpg

contact_bg2.jpg

120 ms

back-to-top-arrow.svg

back-to-top-arrow.svg

102 ms

SlGVmQWMvZQIdix7AFxXkHNSaA.ttf

SlGVmQWMvZQIdix7AFxXkHNSaA.ttf

63 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

114 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

78 ms

collect

collect

34 ms

Accessibility Review

chimneydirect.com accessibility score

74

Accessibility Issues

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

chimneydirect.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

chimneydirect.com SEO score

85

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Chimneydirect.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Chimneydirect.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

chimneydirect.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Chimney Direct. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: